Saturday, August 13 2005 17:36 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Amid the high-level consultations on Hurriyat Conference's desire to hold talks with the Centre, Government's Special Representative on Jammu and Kashmir N N Vohra today (Aug 13, 2005) met Home Minister Shivraj Patil here (New Delhi).

Vohra, who was with the Home Minister for about 25 minutes, discussed with him the latest developments in the state on all fronts, including political and militancy-related, official sources told PTI.

Hurriyat's desire to hold talks with the Centre is understood to have figured in the discussions.

After Hurriyat signaled its desire last month to hold talks, consultations have begun at the top level in the Government in this regard.

A number of meetings have been held here recently involving Vohra, National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and other top officers of various ministries to discuss all aspects involved in such talks, including the modalities and ramifications.

Significantly, Vohra also met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here last week.

More meetings are expected to take place in the coming days, the sources said.

Hurriyat leaders, after their return from Pakistan, said they wanted to hold talks with the Prime Minister. They said it was for the Government to decide, "When and where they want to hold the talks".